Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.109-110

That under date of July 23, 1910, in a letter addressed to the then Commissioner of Indian Affairs, referring to Dr. George S. Martin, who for a number of years had been physician on the Blackfeet Reservation, you said: “It appears that some time ago Dr. Martin deserted his wife and family and was married to an Indian woman on this reservation, and he is now living with her on her allotment. Dr. Martin is a man who has the habit of using morphine and is also a man who drinks to excess. He was informed by Superintendent Churchill, my predecessor that he would not be permitted to practice medicine on this reservation owing to the fact that he had been relieved from Government Service and also to the fact that he is unable to pass the State examination and cannot get a license to practice medicine in the State of Montana. He persists in practicing among the Indians and causes a great deal of trouble for the Government physicians at this place.” And that on September 18, 1913, you concurred in a recommendation made by Supervisor Lipps for the employment of Dr. Martin as a Government Physician on the reservation saying that: “Dr. Martin is a good physician, and the Indians like him and have confidence in him and he will render satisfactory service.”  An examination of the files of this Office show that several times your attention has been directed to acts committed by you which tended to discredit your administration, and especially to the cases involving the ejection of Mr. Selectman, a public school teacher, from the reservation, and charges of improper interference with the execution of process issuing out of State Court. In commenting on this latter case, the Department informed the Office on April 13, 1913: “The Department has carefully examined the testimony and related papers in this case.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.109-110

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